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Test 19 — Life in the UK Test Practice

About Test 19 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)

Test 19 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.

Question 1: When was the Giant’s Causeway formed?Question 2: Who is the author of the famous play ‘Macbeth’?Question 3: What animal was cloned by scientists Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell?Question 4: What was Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni in what is now eastern England, known for?Question 5: Which of the following is NOT a World Heritage Site?Question 6: Does Britain have a constitutional monarchy?Question 7: How often are the general elections held in the UK?Question 8: What was Charles Chaplin famous for?Question 9: Which famous murder-mystery play has been running in the west end since 1952 and has had the longest initial run of any show in history?Question 10: How were Elizabeth I and ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’ related?Question 11: What does the NATO stand for?Question 12: Where is the Grand National horse racing event celebrated?Question 13: What percentage of the British population has a parent or grandparent born outside of the UK as a result of post-war immigration?Question 14: When was the hovercraft invented?Question 15: What is the name of the building where the Northern Ireland Assembly meet?Question 16: Which of the following is NOT a function of the House of Lords?Question 17: What British writer created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes?Question 18: How can you visit the Welsh Assembly?Question 19: Choose the correct answer. The Middle Ages were:Question 20: What characterised the people from the Bronze Age?Question 21: Where is the National Horseracing Museum located?Question 22: In which of the following matters the Scottish Parliament CANNOT legislate?Question 23: Which of the following is a popular showcase of mainly theatre and comedy performances and the biggest and most well-known festival that takes place during the Edinburgh Festival?

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When was the hovercraft invented?

Correct Answer: In the 1950s

The hovercraft was invented in the 1950s by British engineer Sir Christopher Cockerell.

The first practical hovercraft, the SR.N1, crossed the English Channel on 25 July 1959 — exactly 50 years after Louis Blériot's first cross-Channel flight.

Hovercrafts travel on a cushion of pressurised air, allowing them to move over water, land, mud, and ice.